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The South African ouarra.

1t Is stated that the quagga, the beauti-
ful wild striped ass of South Africa, has
suddenly ceased to exist. The bootmakers
OF London and New York wanted his
skin for particular kind Of sportsman's
boot, Eand he consequently passed away
out OF zoology. There may be few left
on the highest and widest plateaus, but
the Beers, tempted by the high prices.
have extirpated the herds which only ten
years ago existed in South Africa. That
VIII be the fate of the elephant, too, and
possibly Of the crocodile. 1t takes whole
provinces to supply ivory for one advertis-
ing hrm In Oxford street, the price is four
Told the price of quarter of a century
ago, and the beasts are hunted with per-
sistency which in no long time must be
fatal. - -... 80
The Indian government is making eff.
forts to protect the Asiatic breed, hut they
VIII all be futile. Animals which when
dead are exceedingly valuable contract o
habit OF dying, and laws establishing
close time are powerless when It is worth
while to run the risk of breaking them.
The crocodile's skin is used by smokers
and pursemakers, and so he will disap-
pear. Whatever Europe wants Europe
viii have; and If the fashion of turning
tigers claws into brooches had developed
and spread to America, tigers would have
persisted. There will soon not be a bird
OF paradise on earth, and the ostrich has
only been saved by private breeders.
Man will not wait for the cooling of the
world to consume everything In it, from
teak trees to humming birds, and O cent
ury or two hence will find himself per-
picked by planet in which there is moth
Ing except what he makes. lie is poor
sort Ut Decentralization Snectator.
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A Dovpeaster,s Electric Lioht.

A Skowhegan electrician has invented o
new electric light, which he is confident
will rcvolutionize electric lighting all over
the world. He has been fostering his
electric scheme and burning midnight oil
for over year. The light is now per.
fected, and patents In America, England,
Germany, France and Russia have been
applied for. This invention is creating
quite stir where it is understood. The
new light was tested in tho Skowhegan
electric light station one evening not long
since, and it is said its superiority over
the ordinary arc system was apparent 70
many of the citizens Of Skowhegan who
were eye witnesses to the experiment.
The light is produced by q spiral carbon,
entirely different to anything heretofore
used by electricians. 1t Is claimed that
this new electric light will produce q
brighter light than has yet been found.
1t is what is called the mechanical feed.
1t is claimed by the inventor that not only
Is his light brighter than electric light
nowadays, but there will be no quiyering,
Pickering or kissing to the new light, Of
which greater things are predicted than
have heretofore seemed possible in the
realm of electric Ight.-Lewiston Me.D
Journal. t-r-r---t - "a
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An Adorer of the Form Divine"

A lively writer who has visited the
studios of both Henncr and Carolus Du-
ran, in Paris, says: Painter Of the femi-
nine form, which his very pencil seems to
caress upon the canvass, Henner Is an
adorer of the mysterious being, angel or
sphinx whom we call woman. One day
a girl, with long blonde hair streaming
over her neck and shoulders, was seated
before him on the huge platform drapcd
in red which occupies the middle Of the
studio. Suddenly 'Henner arose, left his
easel, went over TO the model, took her
trcsses in his hands, kissed them religious
ly, then went back and sat down to his
work. His worship of beauty is no idle
jest. But Carolus Duran, when he deigns
to allow q beautiful young person to sit
before him, now and then says to her:
Come here, childi Look at this picture
(the one he has been painting OF herr.
Would you be pleased IL you We're as pref
~ as that7 Now tell me truly. AT
lanta Constitution. t
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GHe win be better in moment"
"But only for moment. Will nothing in
duce you to change your mindr
ASST in reply sudden gust of wind brought
q volley of rain against the window.
sThat will, ;" said the stranger bitterly.
1.-THE raing'
"a mile from here it is snow; and before
we could reach the Summit with these horses
the road would be impassable.n
He made slight gesture to himself, as IL
accepting an inevitable defeat, and turned to
his companion, who was slowly reviving
under the active ministration of the two
women. The wounded man looked around
with a weak smile @This is one way of
going of, }" he said family, @but could do
this sort of thing as well on the road"
"You can do nothing now" said his friend,
decidedly. Before we get to the Gate the
road will be impossible for our horses"
3For any horses" asked Kate.
GFor any horses. For any man or beast, I
might say. Where we cannot get out no one
can get in" he added, as if answering her
thoughts. u am afraid that you won't see
your brother tomorrow morning. But I'll
reconnoiter, as can do so without torturing
him." he said, looking anxiously at the help
less man; She's got about his share of pain,
reckon, and the first thing is to get him
easier.n It was the longest speech he had
made to her; it was the first time he had
fairly looked her in the face. His shy rest
lessness had suddenly given way to logged
resignation, less abstracted, but scarcely more
fiattering to his entertainers Lifting his
companion gently in his arms. as If he had
been a child, he reascended the staircase,
Mrs Scott and the hastily summoned Molly
following with overfowing solicitude. As
soon as they were alone in the parlor MrA
Hale turned to her sister: sOnly that our
guests seemed to be as anxious togo now as You
were to pack them off should have been
shocked at your inhospitality. What has
come over you, Katei These are the very
people you have reproached me so often with
not being civil enough to-"
aBut who are theyp
sHow do know! There Is your brothers
letter.
She usually spokeof her husband as aJohn-
This slight shifting Of relationship and 10
sponsibility to the feminine mind was signih-
can't Kate was . little frightened and ~
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Deadly electricity.

Three or four Of as were watching an
English sparrow picking mp his breakfast
the other morning. He finally got large
piece of cracker and few up to the electric
wire overhead to eat it. He alighted on q
space where the insulating covering had
met with an accident and been stripped
of, and his feet had no sooner touched tAe
wire than down he came, dead as a stone.
When we picked up the body It had o
pulpy feeling, as IL every bone had been
broken. It was striking proof, even on
a small scale, Of the vfndictive current
which buzzes and flashes and leaps over
and around us, ready at the slightest
provocation to strike victim with the
chill of death. Free Press.
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me Duke,s old Clothes.

The Duke of wellington's old clothes
may not interest housewives, but they
may like to know that over fifty uniforms
of his have recently been found I'm good
condition, owing to the fact that his old
valet packed them away In the bureau
drawers, ''with two common tallow cam
dies in each one to keep out the moths. -
So successfully were they preserved in o
small room ct Apsley house that the dukes
son, the late duke, did not know Of their
existence, and It was not till after his
death that they were found. Boehm, the
sculptor, had access to these uniforms and
trappings in modelling the dukes statue
Boston Transcript,
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PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD.

pyssidsst-E. p Barnum.
.S<erefary-E. G. Rich.
Direetors-J. A Dubois, Jas. A. Norris, W. A.
Gates, 4. j. Harrison, A. Barto, r. I. Greene.
LHyarias-Miss Louie Allen.
Library open every Saturday from to and
from Z to 3: 80
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could not help saying.

very" ass
The reply was not discourteous in manner,
but was so far from gallant that Kate felt a
new and inconsistent resentment Before
she could say anything he added, @4And I
hope you will remember, whatever may hap
pen, that did my best to avoid staying here
longer than was necessary to keep my friend
from bleeding to death in the road"
Certainly said Kate; then added awk-'
wardly, II hope he'll be better soon" She
was silent, AMI then, quickening her pace,
said hurriedly, 81 must tell my sister this
dreadful news" .-
u think she is prepared for it. If there is
anything can do to help you hope you win
let me know. Perhaps may be of some
service. shall begin by exploring the trails
tomorrow, for the best service we calrdo you
possibly is to take ourselves off; but can
carry gun, and the woods are full of game
driven down from the mountains. Let me
show you something you may not have
noticed He stopped and pointed to a small
knoll of sheltered shrubbery and granite on
the opposite mountain, which still remained
black against the surrounding snow. It
seemed to be thickly covered with moving
objects. "Thcy are wild animals driven out
Of the snow" said the stranger. "That larger
one is a grizzly; there is a panther, wolves,
wildcats, a fox, and some mountain goats"
San ill.assorted party" said the young girl.
all luck makes them companions. They
are too frightened to hurt one another now.
aBut tbcy will eat each other later on said
Kate, stealing glance at her companion. -,
He lifted his long lashes and met her eyes.
"Not on haven of refuge" ' %f g
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West African Dwellfnus

In this primitive fashion we at length
reached the closely packed mass Of native
huts forming the real "townn Of Bonny,
to which the handful of European houses
around the landing place serves only as
q kind of preface. The huts We're for
the most part of one traditional type, viz,
that of an enormous basket with one side
knocked out. In fact, were q monster
picnic TO dispense suddenly, leaving their
hampers and lunch baskets scattered
around in tho dirt, it would represent
fairly enough an ordinary African village.
A few Of the larger novels had attained
the dignity Of roof Of corrugated iron
stuck on tho side like q soldiers cap,
while patches of the same material chung
to their sides like overgrown postage
stamps The interiors of ono and oil
were fully open to tho public gaze, which
mattered the less inasmuch as there
seemed to be nothing in them except two
or three cracked pots and a tiny fire.
The room in which Mr.. Nat Fine
Country received US was as extraordi-
nary as the name and appearance of its
owner. It had no roof, and might almost
DO said to have no floor, either, consisting
as 1t did Of crazy wooden platform
around its four sides, with u deep hollow
III tuS iuluulc, tuc WHOlc tfllHg OeIuX eXs
tremely suggestive of public swimming
bath. The platform was so narrow that
there was barely room upon it for our
chairs and ourselves, and when unwarily
pushed back mine in getting up to take
leave, came within hairs breadth Of
tumbling backward head over heals into
the yawning pit below, On leaving the
house we were beginning to make merry
over this singular apartment, when an OBJ
ject suddenly confronted us which made
us oil grave enough. It was strange
looking hut Of wattles and grass, hung
round with broken jars and bottles, and
standing oil by itself rs IL the surrounding
dwellings had shrunken away from It. To
all appearance it had neither door nor
window, but through cllink in the wat
tlework we could see that its earthen floor
was literally heaped with human skulls.
What on earth is this place?' asked Of
our conductor. The answer, brief though
IL was, spoke volumes: otis fetch
house. "-Bonny western African Cor.
New York Times. ......-...s.
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A FOUNDERS Life.


how he managed to keep his head above
water, and after moment spent in re-
Election he replied: t'.. - sd:
''To be a successful vagrant and dead
beat requires twice the planning it does to
get rich. I divide my life off into two
portions, as it were. The first idea is to
get clothes. These I beg of old time
friends. The next is to get money. !
must have about 50 per week to run me,
and I do more scheming and planning to
get that small amount than any working
man does to get SO. can live on twenty
cents per day. Ten of this must go for
the nights lodging, and two nickels viii
get me two glasses of beer and two free
lunches. The third idea is to conceal. my
identity. Not my name, but my charac-
ter. / am just as anxious to prevent
strangers from looking upon me as dead
beat as man can be. BY hook or crook
see the daily papers every day, and I post
myself on all the news. I can therefore
talk intelligently. make fifty excuses
per day for not being better dressed, and
for having no overcoat." '.,"-.'- ..'
81 should think you would be collared
by the police" 1'..- .r.'0
81 take precautions against that. Ihave
made it a point to give away shady peo-
pie when / can do SO, and the police would
be ingrates to run me in. Ihave to patron
lie the poorest lodging houses and am
obliged to hang out at disreputablc places,
and keep my eyes open. / can tell a fly
man as soon as the next, and / lose no
time in tipping some detective the wink. I"
IF situation paying, say $40 per week
was"- -. Son.. &c..
mo, sir! have no one dependent upon
me, and all care for is to get through the
day as it comes. In spite of the occasional
suffering and kicks and contempt, get
along first rate. I shall I've found dead
some morning, the city will bury me, and
my tramp will be DER. That's all, and If
you could lend Inc ten cents until Satur-
day, I'd''- ---. 80. ~.
Certainly. detroit Free Press.
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Baptist Church.

Services every alternate Sabbath ut 10: 80 A. N.
Rndsr N. Sunday School Immediately after
the morning service. Wednesday evening ser.
NJ p m
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"A better personification.

Faith IS sometimes represented by the
figures Of drenched female clingfng to .
sea washed rock, but better personihcn-
ton would be baldheaded man buying 9
bottle of patent hair rsstorer. Shoe ana
Leather Reporter.
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VILLAGE OFFICERS.

Presid<st-J. c. Foster.
Tyastses-Chas. Ii. Bennett, c. Tubbs, W. s.
Dean.
Reeor6sr-W. P. Lambert.
7reasnyer-Lucas Kells.
3xstices efthe Peaee-J. ID. Carr, VIM. Boulton.
Csnsta6H-C. NJ. Coats
Chikfef Poiice-B. +. Carr.
Council meets first Monday evening in every
month
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Sank Centre Northern.
stearns County Officers.

StearnS County OfficerS.
xsfitor-BarAey Vossberg.
Register Of Deeds-John Zapp.
Trsasxrer-J. A Moosbrugger.
ShsriE-M. Mickey.
1n.Igs IF Probate-Theo. Bruener.
County .4ttorn.y-D r. Calhoun.
Clerk If CoHrt-A. l. Cramb.
orosSr-Dr. Ramsey.
Satt. If Sehoaks-L ]. Rocholl.
.Ssrv<yor-
P. o. address of above officers St. Cloud Mimi.
Court Commissioner-Wm. Boulton.
Dstnty Sheri6-H. S. Doty.
Dstnly Cor0Her-J. A. Dubois.
Address, Sank Centre, MINI.
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BOARD OF EDUcATIC NJ

PyssidsHt-A. Barto.
Ssersfary-P. Lamb.
7yedsHrsy-Lucas Kells.
Diyeetsrs-A. Barto, P. Lamb, Lucas kells, 5.
Pendergast, J. Norris, j. b. Perkins.
SUIT. 1Schooks-W. F. Rocheleau.
Board meets first Thursday in every month.
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I. o. o. 8.


Sauk Centre Lodge, No. "a.
Fred Jacobi, N. g.; E. c. Rich, Secretary.
Meets every Thursday Evening at p. m.
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Christian Church.

ia, GRIcE, PASTOR.
sunday Services at 1880 A. N. and 1888 p. NJ.
Sunday school at 1900 NJ. Services held in
"a Hall
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Methodist Episcopal Church,

REV. A. T. FOSTER, PASTOR.
Sunday service at 1850 A. N. and =. n
Sunday school at l2N. and Young Peoples meet
ing at $3.50 r. NJ, lead by Prof. W. F. Roc hsleau
wednesday evening meeting at 8.
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chInamen AM tl,a Carr. !.

A Boston street car conductor Gays that
Of all the passengers he carries Cinnamon
give him the least trouble. They get the
car quick, . says he, "kecp their mouths
shut, never raise o row, know what the
fare Is, and have the change to cont
when ask for it.n--New York Sun.
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W. @. r. U.

g. l.. Robbins, c. p.
Meets First and Third Tuesday evenings Of each
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Conversational Church.

Ryv n HRrw. PASTOR.

Sunday Services at 10 80 A. N. and 1880 p. N.
Suuday school at 1900 m. Young Peoples
Meeting one hour before evening services.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evenings ut Z 80 p. N
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GA. r.,


Mrs.. A. Moore, President Mrs. 8. L. Leck.
wood, Secretary.
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J.Coope Comrsander: D. Cleveland, Adjutan
Vets Seeondssnd Fourth Wednesday evenings
ofaach month
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German Evangelical Church.
Catholic Churches,

d. FUHKMANN,
Service each alternate Sunday at s o'clock I. n
Sunday school Immediately thereafter, at the
Norwegian Lutheran church.
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Methodist Episcopal.
Catholic.
CIVIC SOCIETIES.

star In the West Lodge, No. 90.
L. r. Barto, W. NJ; Lyman NJ. Kells, See.
Meets Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings Of
zach month
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Of. Paul, German.
REV. ]. b. Bower, PASTOR.
Services ut 8 and 10 100 A. N. sunday school at
go p m. Mass every week day stS:G Am.
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Who composed the music OF the ANVIL Chorus,-
and when and where was IL given with artillery
to represent the anvils3 Z - -..> $50 DIV.
The @Anvil Chorus" Is found in Verdis opera
OF al Trovatore, or 1.-THE Troubadour.r At
The great peace jubilee (held In honor Of the
CESSATION of civil war In the United States,
in Boston in June, 1850, the ANVIL Chorus"
was given by r. s. Gilmore,s great band Of
1000 pieces. A hundred nnviis were struck
In time by hundred fremen, and . battery
,of artillery outside the music hall was fired
by electricity at the same time as the striking
on the anviis. The effect was described a
grand. = 4ss' 4e+.t
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Episcopal Church.

REV. J.F. HAMILTON, RECTOR.
Sunday Service at 80 A. and 1:30 p. NJ
Sunday school at u N. Wednesday evening sc
vice at7:30r.N
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Tho .CountsrfeItInc, of Rare Coins.

az Tho JConnterfeitine, of Rare Coins.
=. The late Capt. Wallace w. Hall, of the
United States secret service shortly before
HIS removal to st. Louis is said to have
been investigating q gigantic counter
fciting scheme by which alleged rare,
costly and antique coins were being put
upon the market as genuine. In 1885, .
Philadelphia coin dealer named EIazeltine
advertised an auction sale Of his super
fuous coins, including an 1904 dollar, only
six OF which are known TO have been coined
before the issue was recalled The value
Of one Of these dollars Is $500 or more,
and so great interest was excited In the
sale. 1pDEH u#i &&s ..''.s
A well known connoisseur who attended
discovered that some Of the coins were not
genuine, and on the collection being sent
TO the mint it was discovered that q large
number Of the coins had been made with
I'm year. Similar cases were soon re.
ported from all parts of the country, and
Capt. Hall, who happened to be In Phila-
set to work to investigate the
matter. He found that the counterfeits
included all of the recalled issue pieces,
and thousands Of coins Of interest, an
tquity and high value. The dollar Of
1904 had been frequently duplicated by
boring the H3' out Of dollar Of 1888 and
inserting plug ~, - which was soldered
with a blow pipe and treated with an acid
bath to give It an Anticipated appearance.
Other coins he found to be counterfefted
by the use Of plaster molds, and all were
50 cleverly done that none but an expert
conld detect any difference between the
counterfeit and tho genuine. It is not
known whether Capt. Hall ever obtained
any clew to the counterfeiters' mint.
Chicago Tribune. al
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Enxiish Catholic.
MEIROSE,

b. B,gvss AND REv. d. ]. Ocean, PAsroRs.
Services every alternate sunday at 1880 Am
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HInts for she sctooIroom

Freedom Of position anil frequent change
b of great importance for children. School
children, when obliged tostand for any length
Of time, should not be required to place their
feet Gloss together, for this gives 20 small .
base Of support that increased effort ID neces-
saTy to maintain the equilibrium Of the body.
II they are required TO sit with the body per.
fect1y erect and face sIuarcly TO tho front, 10
should be only for short intervals Ut time.
The muscles become easily fatigued and oss
set should not be kept upon strain for long
period. Desks that are too low give chiidren
the habit Of STOPPING at their work, md sssa
fruitful source OF round shoulders.
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Please state how the term "Uncls Sam came
to be applied to the United States government!
1-f- .-,-....s.,-s..7E sEEgr5 ~ 80 q l.
It is questionable whether tho true origin
Of such terms Is often preserved. 1t Is said
that during tho revolutionary war there was
q beef inspector in Troy, n. Y, who was
Familiarity called by the men in his employ
Uncle Sam. The boxes containing the pro-
visions were shipped TO a contractor named
Elbert Anderson and marked E. A., U. s. A
workman being asked what the letters U. 8.
meant, replied that they meant "Uncle Sam
The joke spread, and hence the common APP
plication Of the term to the United States
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Little Falls & Dakota.
Minnesota & Northwestern R'y.

Minnesota x Northwestern KY.
Leave Arrive
Al Paul STATIONS list. Paul.
1910 A MIST. Louis & Kas City ExpIt 1850 N
I 7:QS p Ml $3.50 A N
Chicago, Waterloo & Du-
t7:05 p MI bulue express. $50 A N
r--.~ Randolph, Northfield Far
1850 p nj ioault & Waterville acc. ltll:2O AN
-: Dodge Centre. Rochester
4 $50 vi Austin and Lyle acc. !tll:2O AM
Daily ex. Sunday. ex. Saturdays Exc
Monday.
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WIN you please give tho origin Of the use Of
the letters d. H., for dead head o. free Of
charger A. H.
Il Is said that the use Of these letters came
about in this way: Chicago once had . mayor
named d. H. Colvin, for many years agent
for the United States Express company.
While holding this position, articles sent 70
him were delivered free, and such packages
were spoken OF Is d. H., or free Of charge,
This soon came to be the method OF directing
any package sent Tree Of charge. The pack
ages were known rs dead matter hsncs d.
H. came to be called dead head.